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NASA Data Show Some African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean »
Posted by: capn_caveman 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Computer models ...
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Poisonous Lionfish Invade Caribbean, Head Up Eastern Seaboard »
Posted by: daducha 3 months ago in Science & Technology
A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on ...
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Climate Change Is Already Affecting the West's Water »
Posted by: capn_caveman 3 months ago in Science & Technology
In early August we toured Glacier National Park with the Sierra Club, catching a glimpse of several of the humongous ice fields. In 1910 there ...
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'Big Dry' turns farms into deserts »
Posted by: idyll 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Australian farmers are watching helplessly as the 'Big Dry' turns once lush grazing land into an arid desert, the BBC's Nick Bryant reports.
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113 New Sharks and Rays Announced in Australia »
Posted by: daducha 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
DNA evidence has helped identify 113 new sharks and rays—including a skinny saw shark, a swell shark that looks like it swallowed a Frisbee ...
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Ethanol Continues to Increase it's Green Footprint »
Posted by: stephy304 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The Renewable Fuels Association released information on the growing efficiency of ethanol production. According to two recent reports, the average amount of energy required to ...
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Tons of Oil Spilled Into Gulf After Ike »
Posted by: TimALoftis 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Hurricane Ike\'s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At ...
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Methodology for forecasting the development of forest wood resources »
Posted by: mahasharakhram 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
New methodologies for diagnosing and forecasting the environmental situation of forest resources are required. Global warming, dramatic increases in human population and multiplying demands for ...
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Quarter of Atlantic sharks and rays face extinction because of overfishing, say scientists »
Posted by: daducha 1 week ago in Science & Technology
More than a quarter of shark and ray species found in the north east Atlantic are threatened with extinction, conservationists have warned.
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Earth May Face Freeze Worse Than Ice Age »
Posted by: GehlLady 5 days, 16 hours ago in Science & Technology
The planet could face a freeze worse than an Ice Age starting in as little as 10,000 years, giving future societies a headache the ...
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Britain's 'Erin Brockovich' wins landmark battle against pesticides being spread on fields near homes »
Posted by: daducha 2 days, 6 hours ago in News
A judge has backed a campaigner's claim that the Government had failed to protect the public from exposure to toxic cropspraying chemicals.
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Bush officials moving fast to cut environmental protections »
Posted by: bruhaha 1 week, 3 days ago in News
In the next few weeks, the Bush administration is expected to relax environmental-protection rules on power plants near national parks, uranium mining near the Grand ...
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What Do the Russians Know about Crude Oil? »
Posted by: ajouie53 3 months ago in Science & Technology
Where does crude oil come from? Is it really the fossil fuel, composed of the residue of fossilized dinosaur remains or does it have ...
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Capitalism and the oceanic crisis: Turning the seas into a watery grave »
Posted by: _kam0_ 3 months, 1 week ago in News
The world ocean covers approximately 70 per cent of the Earth. It has been an integral part of human history, providing food and ecological services ...
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Water waste! Could reusable bottles finally convince us to swap mineral water for tap? »
Posted by: daducha 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
When fashion designer Anya Hindmarch launched her 'I'm not a plastic bag' cotton shopper, she kick-started a nationwide campaign that saw supermarkets and shoppers ...
